GOP senator says he is in talks with Trump on invoice to codify Education Department govt order
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., mentioned he has been in discussions with President Trump’s White House to revive his invoice to dismantle the Department of Education, which might codify the most recent govt order.
In the lead as much as Trump’s much-anticipated executive order to abolish the division, his administration had been in talks with a longtime advocate of doing so: Rounds.
His workplace shared with Fox News Digital that the senator and Trump’s White House have talked about bringing again his invoice to abolish the division and pushing for it.
Rounds debuted a invoice that might dissolve the Department of Education. (Reuters/ Istock)
Rounds is planning to re-introduce the invoice now that Trump has signed the manager order.
“The federal BUREAUCRACY of Education has never educated a single student,” the senator advised Fox News Digital in a press release. “It’s time to shut it down. Today’s news is a step in the right direction. Congress should follow the executive branch’s lead and act accordingly. I am working on legislation that would return education decisions to states and local school districts while maintaining important programs like special education and Title I. We are discussing this legislation with Secretary McMahon, and we believe there is a very good path forward.”
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Trump holds an govt order after signing it within the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 20, 2025. (Mandel Ngan)
He launched the “Returning Education to Our States Act” within the final Congress, nevertheless it by no means got here to the ground, which was managed by Democrats.
Rounds’ invoice would abolish the Department of Education and cost varied different departments with sure tasks and packages which can be at present administered by it.
Trump notably claimed on the 2024 marketing campaign path, “One thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., and sending all education and education work it needs back to the states.”
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Morning solar lights the entrance of the Department of Education constructing in Washington on Feb. 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
He previewed his plans to take action for months previous to signing the Thursday govt order.
During the signing ceremony, Trump defined, “The department’s useful functions such as … Pell grants, title one funding resources for children with disabilities and special needs will be preserved, fully preserved.”
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Trump speaks within the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday, March 7, 2025. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)
“They’re going to be preserved in full and redistributed to various other agencies and departments that will take very good care of them,” the president continued.
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“But beyond these core necessities, my administration will take all lawful steps to shut down the Department.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
